BOT Retrospective - Top 25 Movies of 1999. Full list revealed

[grim22]

AND THE #1 MOVIE OF 1999 IS

 

Spoiler

THE MATRIX

#1 on 13 lists

Top 5 on 38 lists

Appears on 54 lists

 

 

 

Could it have been anything else?

 

This is as consensus of a pick as is possible on this forum. 54 of 62 lists had included the movie, and 38 lists - more than 50%- had it in the top 5. 

 

The Matrix is a lot of things - Keanu's comeback, the Wachowski's coming into prominence, the popularization of bullet time among them. But above all, it is a damn good kick ass movie which raises a lot of questions for the audience. Becoming a slave to machines has become our reality now as everyone is always on their phones or tablets. The Wachowskis have tried to raise this point again in their future movies but not half as effectively as they managed to do it here. Too bad about the sequels, but if they ever announce The Matrix: Rebooted I will be there opening day.

 

Here's Will Smith explaining why he turned down the role of Neo

 

 

Congratulations to The Matrix, a deserving winner and our #1 movie of 1999.

 

[LawrenceBrolivier]

[grim22]

Here's the Top 40 before I go. Hope everyone has a great day. Thanks for following along

 

#	Movie	Points
1	The Matrix	1073
2	Toy Story 2	876
3	Fight Club	680
4	The Iron Giant	638
5	The Sixth Sense	631
6	The Mummy	470
7	South Park - Bigger, Longer and Uncut	461
8	Galaxy Quest	431
9	Being John Malkovich	387
10	The Insider	377
11	The Green Mile	370
12	Office Space	368
13	American Beauty	367
14	Magnolia	366
15	Election	339
16	Eyes Wide Shut	308
17	10 Things I Hate About You	288
18	The Blair Witch Project	266
19	The Talented Mr. Ripley	240
20	Notting Hill	229
21	Tarzan	215
22	American Pie	208
23	Bowfinger	194
24	Cruel Intentions	191
25	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	189
26	Princess Mononoke	168
27	The Straight Story	161
28	Run Lola Run	161
29	Man on the Moon	158
30	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	155
31	Girl, Interrupted	145
32	Dogma	140
33	Go	137
34	Three Kings	134
35	The Thomas Crown Affair	128
36	Sleepy Hollow	116
37	October Sky	102
38	Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels	93
39	Bringing Out The Dead	80
40	Audition	76

[cannastop]

OMFG Phantom Menace really missed out!

[SLAM!]

The Matrix is one of the best movies of all time. It is a beautiful reimagining of Plato's Allegory and a film that is vitally important to today's society. I feel a connection to it as a man of faith. It deserves #1.

[cannastop]

Just now, grim22 said:

26 Princess Mononoke 168

[LawrenceBrolivier]

Tarzan made the top 25 and Mononoke didn't.... I don't see Perfect Blue anywhere, which is weird because I know I voted for it...

[SLAM!]

It's a real shame Run Lola Run didn't sneak in. It was pretty close, too. People really need to see that one.

 

I have no luck with getting foreign films into yearly lists because The Celebration got #26 or #27 on the 1998 list.

[cannastop]

3 minutes ago, LawrenceBrolivier said:

Tarzan made the top 25 and Mononoke didn't.... I don't see Perfect Blue anywhere, which is weird because I know I voted for it...

shit maybe your list got lost.

[Avatree]

Where's my rhyming poetry?

[TalismanRing]

10 minutes ago, LawrenceBrolivier said:

Tarzan made the top 25 and Mononoke didn't.... I don't see Perfect Blue anywhere, which is weird because I know I voted for it...

I voted for it as well, in my top 10. 

 

Ediit:  7th

 

Edited August 3, 2019 by TalismanRing

[cannastop]

Just now, TalismanRing said:

I voted for it as well, in my top 10.

huh

[cannastop]

@LawrenceBrolivier

 

@TalismanRing

 

Maybe Perfect Blue was disqualified because it premiered at a 1997 film festival in Canada.

 

Or maybe we overlooked something.

[TalismanRing]

1 minute ago, cannastop said:

@LawrenceBrolivier

 

@TalismanRing

 

Maybe Perfect Blue was disqualified because it premiered at a 1997 film festival in Canada.

 

Or maybe we overlooked something.

That would disqualify lots of movies though.

 

Was Topsy-Turvy on any of the lists either?  I can't find it.

 

[Cap]

1 hour ago, 4815162342 said:

 

We got it to #6.  Not a COMPLETE wash.  

[TalismanRing]

Ah, I just read through the entire list and unless I missed it it looks like @grim22 forgot to list 41-60

 

 

Spoiler

 

1     The Matrix     1073
2     Toy Story 2     876
3     Fight Club     680
4     The Iron Giant     638
5     The Sixth Sense     631
6     The Mummy     470
7     South Park - Bigger, Longer and Uncut     461
8     Galaxy Quest     431
9     Being John Malkovich     387
10     The Insider     377
11     The Green Mile     370
12     Office Space     368
13     American Beauty     367
14     Magnolia     366
15     Election     339
16     Eyes Wide Shut     308
17     10 Things I Hate About You     288
18     The Blair Witch Project     266
19     The Talented Mr. Ripley     240
20     Notting Hill     229
21     Tarzan     215
22     American Pie     208
23     Bowfinger     194
24     Cruel Intentions     191
25     Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me     189
26     Princess Mononoke     168
27     The Straight Story     161
28     Run Lola Run     161
29     Man on the Moon     158
30     Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace     155
31     Girl, Interrupted     145
32     Dogma     140
33     Go     137
34     Three Kings     134
35     The Thomas Crown Affair     128
36     Sleepy Hollow     116
37     October Sky     102
38     Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels      93
39     Bringing Out The Dead     80
40     Audition     76

61     Entrapment
62     Fantasia 2000
63     Varsity Blues
64     Bicentennial Man
65     The Wind Will Carry Us
66     Big Daddy
67     Himalaya
68     Instinct
69     Adolescence Of Utena
70     Anna and the king
71     For Love of the Game
72     Time Regained
73     Tomten är far till alla barnen
74     The Best Man
75     virus
76     Felicia's Journey
77     Lake Placid
78     universal soldier 2
79     Wild Wild West
80     The General's Daughter
81     The Thirteenth Floor
82     end of days
83     The Winslow Boy
84     Existenz
85     Inspector Gadget
86     Runaway Bride
87     The Boondock Saints
88     The Cider House Rules
89     the haunting
90     Stigmata
91     Digimon Adventure
92     Leila
93     Mumford
94     The Astronauts Wife
95     American Movie
96     Blast From The Past
97     Muppets From Space
98     Payback
99     the messenger
100     L'humanite
101     My Favorite Martian
102     Show Me Love
103     Summer of Sam
104      Boys Don’t Cry
105     A Midsummer's Night Dream
106     East is East
107     I Stand Alone
108     Ratcatcher
109     Stir of Echoes 111     Drive Me Crazy
112     Trick
113     Analyze This
114     Blue Streak
115     Double Jeopardy
116     Drop Dead Gorgeous
117     True Crime
118     8MM
119     anywhere but here
120     Mansfield Park
121     Late August, Early September
122     Shiri
123     Get Real
124     Sweet and Lowdown
125     Taboo
126     An Ideal Husband
127     Brokedown Palace
128     the bone collector
129     Baby Geniuses
130     Flawless
131     Message In a bottle
132     chill factor
133     following
134     house on haunted hill
135     Ravenous
136     SLC Punk!
137     The Rage: Carrie 2
138     Wing Commander

 

 

 

 

[cannastop]

1 minute ago, TalismanRing said:

Ah, I just read through the entire list and unless I missed it it looks like @grim22 forgot to list 41-60

 

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

1     The Matrix     1073
2     Toy Story 2     876
3     Fight Club     680
4     The Iron Giant     638
5     The Sixth Sense     631
6     The Mummy     470
7     South Park - Bigger, Longer and Uncut     461
8     Galaxy Quest     431
9     Being John Malkovich     387
10     The Insider     377
11     The Green Mile     370
12     Office Space     368
13     American Beauty     367
14     Magnolia     366
15     Election     339
16     Eyes Wide Shut     308
17     10 Things I Hate About You     288
18     The Blair Witch Project     266
19     The Talented Mr. Ripley     240
20     Notting Hill     229
21     Tarzan     215
22     American Pie     208
23     Bowfinger     194
24     Cruel Intentions     191
25     Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me     189
26     Princess Mononoke     168
27     The Straight Story     161
28     Run Lola Run     161
29     Man on the Moon     158
30     Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace     155
31     Girl, Interrupted     145
32     Dogma     140
33     Go     137
34     Three Kings     134
35     The Thomas Crown Affair     128
36     Sleepy Hollow     116
37     October Sky     102
38     Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels      93
39     Bringing Out The Dead     80
40     Audition     76

61     Entrapment
62     Fantasia 2000
63     Varsity Blues
64     Bicentennial Man
65     The Wind Will Carry Us
66     Big Daddy
67     Himalaya
68     Instinct
69     Adolescence Of Utena
70     Anna and the king
71     For Love of the Game
72     Time Regained
73     Tomten är far till alla barnen
74     The Best Man
75     virus
76     Felicia's Journey
77     Lake Placid
78     universal soldier 2
79     Wild Wild West
80     The General's Daughter
81     The Thirteenth Floor
82     end of days
83     The Winslow Boy
84     Existenz
85     Inspector Gadget
86     Runaway Bride
87     The Boondock Saints
88     The Cider House Rules
89     the haunting
90     Stigmata
91     Digimon Adventure
92     Leila
93     Mumford
94     The Astronauts Wife
95     American Movie
96     Blast From The Past
97     Muppets From Space
98     Payback
99     the messenger
100     L'humanite
101     My Favorite Martian
102     Show Me Love
103     Summer of Sam
104      Boys Don’t Cry
105     A Midsummer's Night Dream
106     East is East
107     I Stand Alone
108     Ratcatcher
109     Stir of Echoes 111     Drive Me Crazy
112     Trick
113     Analyze This
114     Blue Streak
115     Double Jeopardy
116     Drop Dead Gorgeous
117     True Crime
118     8MM
119     anywhere but here
120     Mansfield Park
121     Late August, Early September
122     Shiri
123     Get Real
124     Sweet and Lowdown
125     Taboo
126     An Ideal Husband
127     Brokedown Palace
128     the bone collector
129     Baby Geniuses
130     Flawless
131     Message In a bottle
132     chill factor
133     following
134     house on haunted hill
135     Ravenous
136     SLC Punk!
137     The Rage: Carrie 2
138     Wing Commander

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cool

[4815162342]

14 minutes ago, captainwondyful said:

We got it to #6.  Not a COMPLETE wash.  

 

Respectable position.

 

Now we relax with our mummy friends

 

[Ezen Baklattan]

I'd say this forum should he ashamed of itself for not putting Magnolia in the top 10 but I did forget to make a list. 

[Dementeleus]

2 minutes ago, Mr Pastaffelees said:

I'd say this forum should he ashamed of itself for not putting Magnolia in the top 10 but I did forget to make a list. 

 

No shame at all.